Patent decision

BL number

O/435/13

Concerning rights in

EP 1597400

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

4 November 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Medimmune Vaccines, Inc., Robert George Trager, George Kemble, Richard M. Schwartz, Harshvardhan Mehta, Vu Truong-Le, Zhongying Chen, A. Alfred Pan, Eric Tsao, Kathy Chiaoyin Wang, Luisa Yee, Palani Balu, John Michael Berry and Weldong Cui

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Sections 13(1) and 13(3)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Medimmune Vaccines, Inc. under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007 and section 13(3) of the Patents Act 1977. It was found that both John Michael Berry and Weldong Cui should be mentioned as joint inventors in relation to the granted EP (UK) patent and directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as such be prepared for the granted patent for the invention. The decision also serves as a certificate, issued in accordance with section 13(3), to the effect that George Kemble, Zhongying Chen, A. Alfred Pan, Eric Tsao, Kathy Chiaoyin Wang and Palani Balu should not have been mentioned as joint inventors in the granted EP (UK) patent for the invention.

Full decision O/435/13 39Kb